Brian Bason

Brian Bason
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-09-03) 3 September 1955
Place of birth Epsom, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1977 Chelsea 19 (1)
1977 Vancouver Whitecaps[2] 19 (3)
1977–1981 Plymouth Argyle 130 (10)
1981–1982 Crystal Palace 27 (0)
1981–1982Portsmouth (loan) 9 (0)
1982–1983 Reading 41 (0)
Total 245 (14)
International career
1970–1971 England Schoolboys 15 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Bason (born 3 September 1955) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]

He attended Thomas Bennett School (now Thomas Bennett Community College) in Crawley in West Sussex and played for England Schoolboys as a left-back.[4] He later played for a number of clubs in the Football League, including Chelsea and Plymouth Argyle.[5]

A goal he scored for Chelsea against Carlisle United was judged the sixth best goal of 1976.[6]

After retirement Bason was known to have been living in Truro, Cornwall where he ran a hotel/public house.[7]

References

  • Neasom, Mike; Cooper, Mick; Robinson, Doug (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0.
  1. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1982). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982–83. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-356-07888-5.
  2. ^ "NASL bio". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Brian Bason". Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  4. ^ England v Germany Schools' International football programme, 16 May 1970, p10
  5. ^ "Player records" Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Golden Goals 1976. YouTube.
  7. ^ "Where are they now? No.2". holmesdale.net. 16 July 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2014.